❓ Question regarding the Grant Street-Victoria Street cycleway, inquiring about safety improvements and potential threats. The Minister's answer highlights the government's investment, criticises the previous government's inaction, and emphasizes community benefits.
AnsweredQoN 626Legislative Assembly
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CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE — GRANT STREET–VICTORIA
STREET CYCLEWAY
626. Mrs L.M. O'MALLEY to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in cycling infrastructure that has seen
the long neglected missing link from Grant Street to Victoria Street in
Cottesloe finally fixed. Can the minister outline to the house how this will
improve safety for cyclists travelling to Fremantle; and can the minister
advise the house whether she is aware of any threats to this much-needed
cycling infrastructure?
STREET CYCLEWAY
626. Mrs L.M. O'MALLEY to the Minister for
Transport:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's record investment in cycling infrastructure that has seen
the long neglected missing link from Grant Street to Victoria Street in
Cottesloe finally fixed. Can the minister outline to the house how this will
improve safety for cyclists travelling to Fremantle; and can the minister
advise the house whether she is aware of any threats to this much-needed
cycling infrastructure?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Bicton for
that question. Of course, I was very pleased to construct and then finally be
out there to open the Grant Street–Victoria Street link in relation to
the principal shared path. I was joined by the member for Thornlie, who rode 37 kilometres to get there. It was an
incredible effort for him to ride from Thornlie to Mosman Park. It was a huge
effort for the member for Thornlie to get there. The member for Cottesloe also
joined us in a sort of creepy, yet interesting way to also inspect the new
cycle path. I thank him for the video acknowledging the effort put in by this
government to build the pathway. When I was out there talking to a couple of
the local journos they asked me why the previous government did not build it. I
said that that was a very good question. I did not know the answer but I thought
I might go and investigate. A Labor government delivered this much-needed
cycling infrastructure to improve safety, to really connect that local
community to schools and to provide a better link into Perth. Of course, that
development will be moving to the next stage very soon. I tried to figure out
why the previous government did not invest in this PSP, and then it came to me:
its plans to create a dual carriageway along Curtin Avenue, for example, meant
that it had to put the PSP on hold for all of those years. Its secret road
plans —
Mr D.C. Nalder : Oh, it was a secret!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It never told
the community. It put this PSP on hold because it had plans for a dual
carriageway down Curtin Avenue. It did not
want to build a PSP because then it would have to tear it up. We got on with
the job of building that dedicated cycling infrastructure and working
for the communities of Cottesloe and Mosman Park to make them safer. Members
may think that it is slightly funny, but it is one of those projects about which
I get approached in the street by people saying, ''Thank goodness you're
moving on that Grant Street to Victoria Street cyclepath. It was much needed
and it was a major safety issue.''
that question. Of course, I was very pleased to construct and then finally be
out there to open the Grant Street–Victoria Street link in relation to
the principal shared path. I was joined by the member for Thornlie, who rode 37 kilometres to get there. It was an
incredible effort for him to ride from Thornlie to Mosman Park. It was a huge
effort for the member for Thornlie to get there. The member for Cottesloe also
joined us in a sort of creepy, yet interesting way to also inspect the new
cycle path. I thank him for the video acknowledging the effort put in by this
government to build the pathway. When I was out there talking to a couple of
the local journos they asked me why the previous government did not build it. I
said that that was a very good question. I did not know the answer but I thought
I might go and investigate. A Labor government delivered this much-needed
cycling infrastructure to improve safety, to really connect that local
community to schools and to provide a better link into Perth. Of course, that
development will be moving to the next stage very soon. I tried to figure out
why the previous government did not invest in this PSP, and then it came to me:
its plans to create a dual carriageway along Curtin Avenue, for example, meant
that it had to put the PSP on hold for all of those years. Its secret road
plans —
Mr D.C. Nalder : Oh, it was a secret!
Ms R. SAFFIOTI : It never told
the community. It put this PSP on hold because it had plans for a dual
carriageway down Curtin Avenue. It did not
want to build a PSP because then it would have to tear it up. We got on with
the job of building that dedicated cycling infrastructure and working
for the communities of Cottesloe and Mosman Park to make them safer. Members
may think that it is slightly funny, but it is one of those projects about which
I get approached in the street by people saying, ''Thank goodness you're
moving on that Grant Street to Victoria Street cyclepath. It was much needed
and it was a major safety issue.''
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